Snow Day!!

Well I learned today that the state of Kentucky has issues dealing with snow. Basically they overreact to weather situations (similar to the time we closed work because of a tornado watch and there was barely a storm!) I went into work at 10 this morning and I was excited because a few of us were going to go shopping for toys. About fifteen minutes after I got there some freezing rain came down and the weather reports said we were supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow (which is nothing!) Well because of the "bad weather" we didn't go shopping. And we closed the building at 1:00! All the schools in our county let out early, which means we did not have the after-school program or evening G.E.D. and ESL classes. So I had most of the day off and it was wonderful. I needed it because I haven't been feeling the best this week. The last hour of work we all sat in the office and listened to Edgardo's stories about his experience in Argentina (he lived there during the violent revolutions). I found out he used to be a pastor and he gave us a mini-sermon. He had a lot of intersting things to say, particularly about Bush, the war in Iraq, and American culture. I really liked one of the points of his "sermon": One of the foundations of Jesus' teaching is social justice and concern for the poor, yet many people who call themselves Christians seem to ignore this major part of the Bible. Amen Edgardo!

Well I got a little off track. Anyways, I realized how nice it is to have a job where you get snow days. I hope there are many more to come! And since Kentucky cancels things before it even starts snowing, I think there is a good chance for that. I should mention that most of the day it was just raining and there is barely any snow on the ground now!